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Organized Crime, Corruption, and Economic Growth

Journal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 535-560, March 2025.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we study the relationship between organized crime, corruption, and economic growth on a data set from Italian regions for the period 1996–2013. Our working hypothesis is that organized crime can embezzle part of the public expenditure aimed at productive uses by threatening and bribing public officers. To assess the consequences
Tamara Fioroni, Andrea Mario Lavezzi, Giovanni Trovato   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Congo Basin Carbon Cycle Responses to Global Change. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
Worden S, Fu R, Bloom AA, Bauters M, Verbeeck H, Fatoyinbo T, Hubau W, Koutika LS, Kengdo SK, Maes SL, Medjibe V, Russo NJ, Saatchi S, Sagang LB, Smith TB, Sonwa DJ, Boeckx P, Ordway EM.   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Development of sleepiness in professional truck drivers: Real‐road testing for driver drowsiness and attention warning (DDAW) system evaluation

Journal of Sleep Research, Volume 34, Issue 2, April 2025.
Summary All new vehicle types within the European Union must now be equipped with a driver drowsiness and attention warning system starting from 2022. The specific requirements for the test procedure necessary for type approval are defined in the Annex of EU Regulation C/2021/2639.
Christer Ahlström, Anna Anund
wiley   +1 more source

Real-time deforestation anomaly detection using YOLO and LangChain agents for sustainable environmental monitoring. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Kundu S, Ninoria SZ, Chaturvedi RP, Mishra A, Agrawal A, Batra R, Dubale M, Hashmi A.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Bribery and Its Effect on Innovation: When Bank Finance Matters

Kyklos, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we examine the effect of bribery on innovation performance and whether bank finance serves as an effective channel of the impact. In doing so, we compute an innovation performance index for Vietnamese small and medium enterprises. We then conduct mediation analysis on the triad of bribery, bank finance and innovation performance
Thanh Le, Thang Ngoc Bach, Mai Vu, Giang Nguyen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Leveraging animal tracking to combat wildlife crime: GPS-tagged vultures and wolves as sentinels of other species' poaching. [PDF]

Bioscience
Mateo-Tomás P, Fernández-García M, Rodríguez-Pérez J, Valente E Santos JP, Gutiérrez I, de la Puente J, Arkumarev V, Selimovic A, Frýbová Š, Kutal M, Bicho C, García EJ, López-Bao JV.   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Two Nationalisms, One City: Official and Diasporic Framings of the 2019 Hong Kong Protests

Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyses the contested collective memories of the 2019 Anti‐Extradition Law Amendment Bill (Anti‐ELAB) movement, investigating how the Hong Kong government and diaspora construct divergent narratives to shape national identity and nationalism.
Isaac Iu
wiley   +1 more source

The role of Cacao agroforests in the genetic conservation of Cariniana legalis, an emblematic species of the atlantic forest. [PDF]

BMC Ecol Evol
Santos AS, Leal JB, Corrêa RX, Gramacho KP, Gaiotto FA.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Weaponizing Kinship: A Demographic Analysis of Bereavement in the Colombian Conflict

Population and Development Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The ongoing Colombian armed conflict has produced widespread homicides and enforced disappearances, as armed actors used violence to terrorize communities and consolidate power. Family bereavement—one of the most pervasive and enduring consequences of this violence—remains critically understudied from a quantitative perspective.
Enrique Acosta, Diego Alburez‐Gutierrez, Maria Gargiulo, Catalina Torres   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biodiversity threats and socio-ecological dynamics in Chebera Churchura National Park: A One Health approach. [PDF]

One Health
Guadu T, Abera B, Tesfay K, Berhane A, Tafese A, Solomon T, Debebe B, Getachew M, Shibabaw A, Abiye AA, Abdurahman M, Yadeta W, Tadesse Y, Aymeta T, Knight-Jones TJD, Mor SM, Mereta ST, Kaba M.   +17 more
europepmc   +1 more source